Julie Borowski

Isolationism vs. Non-interventionism

Jul 8, 2011 at 10:51 AM

By Julie Borowski

I decided to make a video explaining the difference between isolationism and non-interventionism. Find the transcript below the jump!

FreedomWorks: Young Americans Protest the Federal Reserve

Jun 19, 2011 at 3:07 PM

By Julie Borowski

I recently wrote a FreedomWorks post about the growing youth movement that is pro-liberty and anti-Fed. I gave a shoutout to Young Americans for Liberty for all their hard work. Check it out below!

Over the past few years, we have seen a renewed interest in the role of the Federal Reserve. Rep. Ron Paul’s (R-Texas) presidential runs, along with the financial meltdown have directed much needed attention to the central bank. The American people are finally waking up to the giant elephant in the room—the Fed—which bears significant responsibility for many of the financial crises over the past century.

Something big is happening. The Atlantic recently reported that “on college campuses, Obama’s not cool anymore.” Young people are instead flocking to the message of limited government, personal liberty and sound money. Ron Paul has been the loudest critic of the Fed in Washington for over thirty years. His multiple campus tours have been a resounding success. Many universities do not have auditoriums large enough to seat all the students wanting to hear Dr. Paul speak. Anyone who attended the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), where Ron Paul won the presidential straw poll, can attest to his enthusiastic support, especially from young people.

Nearly everyone knows that the typical college campus is biased in favor of leftists. From personal experience, it is difficult being a liberty-minded student in a political science college course. That’s why it’s incredible that so many college students are rejecting the Keynesian policies espoused by their professors. Young Americans for Liberty (the continuation of Students for Ron Paul) now has a total of 222 chapters nationwide. These young people are educating themselves on ideas generally not taught in a college classroom. They’re instead picking up books by Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, Murray Rothbard and other Austrian economists.

Budget Compromise Cuts a Minute $38.5 Billion

Apr 12, 2011 at 2:51 PM

By Julie Borowski

This post does not reflect the views of any organization. It is strictly my own opinion.

Near the stroke of midnight on Friday, House Republican leaders and the Obama administration agreed to a budget compromise to avert a government shutdown. Even though Democrats had full control of both chambers of Congress and the White House, they refused to pass a budget last year. We're now six months into the fiscal year without a long-term budget. The new budget compromise will keep the federal government operating until final details of the budget deal are hammered out by next week. The compromise leaves much to be desired.

The deal only cuts $38.5 billion in spending. That may sound like a huge amount but let's put that into perspective. Our national debt increased by $54.1 billion in the past eight days while Congress was fighting over whether to cut $38.5 billion. Uncle Sam will spend $3.8 trillion this year. The U.S. deficit will run $1.65 trillion. The federal government spends way more than it actually takes in. The reality is that the budget deal cuts barely one percent of our budget and two percent of our deficit. The budget deal still leaves us with a record deficit. These measly cuts barely scratch the surface of our fiscal problems.

How I Got Involved in the Liberty Movement

Apr 4, 2011 at 12:35 PM

By Julie Borowski

This post does not reflect the views of any organization. It is strictly my own opinion.

I’ll admit it. I’m a recovered neoconservative. It took years of education but I grew out of it. I’m just thankful that I saw my flawed logic at the young age of fifteen.

I was born at the tail end of the Reagan administration. Since birth I have been destined to be Nancy Pelosi’s worst nightmare. I was a meat-eating, flag-waving and gun-loving little girl. While the other kids in school were giving speeches about puppies and Disney movies, I was giving overly passionate speeches about the insanity of gun control legislation. My parents were Republicans and I thought that party affiliation must have been passed on through the bloodstream.

The first presidential election that I remember was in 1996. At the age of eight years old, I had made a “Bob Dole for President” sign and marched through the house with it. I naturally had done no research on his policy positions but he had an “R” after his name. That was good enough for me. My third grade class had a presidential poll and Bob Dole slightly won. I thought that the rest of the class must have been a bunch of tree hugging wusses. It never occurred to me back then that there were more views than just Republicans and Democrats. It wasn’t like you either loved Bob Dole or Bill Clinton.

Audit the Fed Video

Mar 30, 2011 at 10:44 AM

By Julie Borowski

I've just released a video on why we should audit the Fed. I'll admit that I'm new to making YouTube videos so it may not be the best quality. I'm just a 22-year old girl with a camera and a dislike for the Fed and I wanted to get the message out. Thank you, everyone!

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Ron Paul's CPAC Straw Poll Win

Feb 14, 2011 at 12:15 PM

By Julie Borowski

Views are my own. They do not represent the views of any organization.

Over the past three days, liberty lovers stormed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with messages of peace, prosperity and liberty. It was an honor to meet so many like-minded young people who are concerned about the future of our beloved country. Many were poor college students who traveled thousands of miles, missed class and spent hundreds of dollars just to attend CPAC.

It always brings tear to my eyes to be in a room of liberty lovers chanting “End the Fed!” Humble Ron Paul always looks so surprised to see our enthusiasm. He signed my End the Fed book right under his dedication which reads “To the young people who powered my presidential campaign and who are the heart of the anti-Fed movement.” I still remember the first day I learned about Ron Paul in February 2007. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that his presidential run would spark a revolution that continues to rapidly grow.

As one should expect, our presence angered the pro-war political establishment. These so-called conservatives were fewer in number than they were in previous years. As I walked by proudly wearing my Campaign for Liberty and Young Americans for Liberty stickers, I heard whispers “those Ron Paul people are a cult, I swear.”

Liberty Events at CPAC

Feb 8, 2011 at 6:34 PM

By Julie Borowski

For all those attending CPAC, there's plently of exciting events to choose from. MRoCkEd and Jeremy from ronpaulforums.com have made a CPAC 2011- Liberty Movement Grassroots Guide which includes all the Campaign for Liberty and Young Americans for Liberty events.

I would like to add a few more to their list that I hope you check out.

Friday, February 11:

11:15 am: Sound Money or Bust – Taylor Room
    Matt Kibbe, FreedomWorks
    Judy Shelton, Atlas Economic Research Foundation
    Russ Walker, FreedomWorks

4:00 pm: Is Atlas Shrugging... The Cultural Impact of the Tea Party- McKinley Room

FreedomWorks will be screening the premiere of the Atlas Shrugged movie trailer and a 15 minute scene reel of the film during our “Is Atlas Shrugging...The Cultural Impact of the Tea Party” discussion panel at CPAC on Friday at 4 p.m. in the McKinley Room.

Get Copies of a Guide to Sound Money for Your YAL Group!

Dec 2, 2010 at 7:52 PM

By Julie Borowski

FreedomWorks Foundation and Atlas Economic Research Foundation have co-published a pocket booklet A Guide To Sound Money written by Dr. Judy Shelton. And we're giving copies away! Dr. Shelton is a prominent economist and the author of The Coming Soviet Crash (1989) and Money Meltdown (1994).

“Money’s most important function is to provide a useful tool for private enterprise –
not to serve as an instrument of government policy. The more power we grant to government to determine the value of money, the more helpless we become as masters of our own economic fate.”- Dr. Judy Shelton

This educational pamphlet (available in PDF format here) is perfect for campus groups. If you would like to recieve some copies (or an entire box) in print version please email me at JBorowski@freedomworks.org.

Also, if you're in the DC area, please feel free to join us at the Capitol Visit Center on Tuesday from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm for a panel discussion on sound money. More information here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=149337681780413

Thank you!

sound money

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Conservative and Libertarian Groups Call for Consideration of Defense Spending Cuts

Dec 1, 2010 at 3:12 PM

By Julie Borowski

Today, a large number of influential conservative and libertarian organizations signed onto a letter stating that Republican lawmakers should also consider cutting defense spending. The letter states:

Proponents of a larger Department of Defense budget have argued that security outlays should be weighed against mandatory spending levels, suggesting that explosive entitlement growth serves as an appropriate metric for defense spending. This not only ignores the unsustainable nature of entitlement spending but also the reality of defense spending, which has increased by 86 percent since 1998.

Defense spending, like the rest of the federal ledger, has grown substantially over the past few years. Under President Bush, military spending averaged 3.9 percent of GDP. Under President Obama, it has averaged 4.9 percent a full percentage point higher. It is outrageous to assume spending under the president who launched the War on Terror, started the Department of Homeland Security and began the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is not sufficient for even the most hawkish member of Congress.

Stop the TSA’s Assault on Freedom

Nov 16, 2010 at 2:02 PM

By Julie Borowski

The backlash over the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new invasive procedures has transcended left vs. right politics. Under the banner of security, American citizens are being subjected to virtual strip searches or intrusive full contact pat downs from an armed government bureaucrat. These policies do more to humiliate us and pad the pockets of lobbyists than actually keep us safe.

When will we say “enough is enough?” When will we refuse to surrender our fundamental right to privacy and our basic civil liberties? With the holiday season approaching, 96 percent of Americans say that they are less likely to fly due to the new invasive “security” measures. Only 3 percent of those surveyed claim that these are necessary procedures needed to prevent terrorism.

Some notable pilots, airline attendances and passengers have already stood up to these unconstitutional procedures. The head of a flight attendant’s union said that these intimate pat downs—the only alternative to the naked scanner— would “drudge up some bad memories” for anyone who has ever been sexually assaulted.